237. Inflated ambition
Suddenly, the "allies" turned against each other, and the artillery fire passed by the "enemy" and flew towards him, and the guys who were originally attacking the fleet were very surprised.
At first, they thought they were moving too deeply, causing the "allies" to misunderstand, but when they tried their best to adjust the direction, the right rudder turned around and tried to avoid it, and continued to send signals, they were still under overwhelming attack! They knew that they were wrong!
Mavi beside me was staring at the situation not far away in surprise. We just had a small move, which caused the two armies to kill each other, one of which was crippled, and the other was about to be crippled! He never thought that there would be such an operation when fighting at sea!
I smiled silently, and said that Chinese civilization has been around for five thousand years, so many classic battle examples! Just taking out a battle example that causes internal strife between the enemy is enough to walk sideways under such circumstances! Of course, there is nothing to show off. I ordered: "After two rounds of shooting, the fleet will assault the enemy on the south side!"
Lan took the order and the artillery fire suddenly became fierce! The more time the artillery fire was prepared, the smaller the loss of charge. After two rounds of shooting, our ship began to turn left sharply! After a big turn, he finally turned the bow of the ship to the enemy ship not far from the sea estuary!
At this moment, the first ray of dawn appeared in the sky in the east! The rose-red sunlight hit the left cheek, warm, just like the passionate blood in my heart! We were only less than two nautical miles away from the enemy! After suffering from the fierce artillery fire, the enemy ships were more or less catching fire - not to mention the ambush team that had been destroyed!
The new fleet was obviously a battle formation that was long-standing, and it was very different from the one lurking in the port. It was probably difficult to defeat them by artillery fire. As the sky turned bright, they finally saw clearly that the so-called "friendly army" was the enemy they had come from all the way to prepare for attack!
With the blood vomiting, the enemy commander was calm in the face of danger. He examined his own situation. Since our side suddenly transferred its firepower and focused on the flagship with all its might, the flagship was seriously damaged and it was difficult to repair in emergency repairs. Other ships also suffered damage to varying degrees, but they were still within the controllable range. The most urgent task at the moment is to protect the flagship, use other ships to consume the other party's vitality as much as possible, and cover the flagship to avoid repairs!
So the commander ordered the flagship to reverse the ship and avoid it to the south. The remaining ships rushed left and right to protect the flagship!
Strictly speaking, this command is correct, and it is definitely the most appropriate way to deal with it at the moment. But they ignored a little - tide!
Because I went to sea early, I occupied the geographical location far away from the coastline. But they arrived later and came to the plan. They bombarded and charged towards the real friendly troops at the estuary! At this time, they were close to the estuary - that shallow sea!
Before the sun rose, the sea water began to slowly recede, the water level continued to drop, and the waterway that could have been navigated became extremely easy to strand! How could the enemy want to get these in a hurry? As a result, the flagship did not retreat for a long time, and he heard the long "squeaking" sound - it was stranded from the reef!
Suddenly, the main mast of the enemy flagship fell to one side! The other ships were unknown, so they thought the flagship had been destroyed by us and were on the verge of sinking, and they were suddenly panicked. The originally compact formation began to become scattered, and even a ship at the end began to turn right slightly, as if they were escaping!
This is a god-given opportunity! I ordered the whole army to assault! When approaching a nautical mile of the enemy, the left rudder is full, and the enemy's flagship is concentrated and the fire is annihilated!
To put it bluntly, the time difference is the fight! When our side assaults, the enemy was nervous; when we turned the rudder, the enemy who was preparing to face the enemy began to be confused; when our gunfire focused on attacking the enemy flagship stranded in place, they suddenly realized! So they watched the scene of the stranded flagship being penetrated by our side and the main mast broke down!
It collapsed! After the enemy saw that the flagship was completely destroyed, the formation completely collapsed! Each ship fled desperately in a different direction, trying to escape from the danger of being captured! In fact, in my heart, there was no intention of occupying the other party's fleet at all. But I had no idea what the other party thought.
After the enemy's defeat, I ordered a symbolic pursuit for a while, captured an enemy's medium-sized three-masted sailboat that was half a beat slower, and ordered the team to be withdrawn and returned to Mogadishu! On the one hand, I had to repair the fleet and get my cargo back; on the other hand, I had to deal with the captured ship, and there were people. I had to figure out what was going on!
When I returned to Mogadihu's dock again, many locals looked at me with fear! They all heard the fierce shelling that began in the middle of the night, and knew that the new chamber of commerce had fought with local forces "as always"! But after dawn, it was not the local forces that appeared at the dock, but the new guys?
What happened? This is not how the script was written!
In the warehouse where I stocked up on goods, Lucas, the captain of the captured ship, was escorted to me. His face was covered with scars. Obviously, his stubborn attitude just now aroused the dissatisfaction of Jiugui Masayoshi, Mo and others. After communication, his attitude was much softer at this time.
I glanced at Old Tucker - he understood that I asked him to translate, and then I spoke, "Who is your boss?"
Old Tucker translated my words. Lucas, who was beaten to the point of blood, slowly raised his head, and could not open one eye at all. He looked at me with his remaining eyes lifelessly before answering weakly: "Mr. Nuno*Santos! My boss is Mr. Nuno*Santos!"
I understood this sentence without Old Tucker's translation. So I asked again: "Who is he? What is his background?"
After Old Tucker translated, Lucas said something, seeing that it was not the meaning of answering my question, Old Tucker turned to me and said, "He wanted to know if he could put his hands off the rack? His ribs were broken, and it hurts to speak like this. In addition, he also wanted a glass of water."
I looked at the captive and said lightly: "Answer my question just now, I will meet his request."
The prisoner began to cry loudly after hearing what I said. Shi next to Mo walked forward impatiently and kicked the wound on his thigh without any hesitation. The guy closed his mouth even more crying and shouting.
I said lightly: "If we hadn't seen through your ambush plan, we would probably be the ones who were beaten at this time! Let's talk now! Don't stop! Otherwise you will know the consequences!"
Lucas didn't dare to play tricks anymore and began to talk about what he knew.
Nuno Santos, a nobleman from Portugal, was born in a plantation in the south, with one quarter of the Netherlands, one quarter of France, and one half of Spanish descent. Although he appeared to be a Portuguese royal family, he has always regarded himself as a Spanish in private.
Fifteen years ago, when everyone was using their eyes to the new continent discovered by Columbus, trying to control it and win hegemony, Nuno Santos took a different approach and turned his attention to the deserted and backward African region.
Originally, he wanted to use the power of the Spanish royal family to secretly help him to occupy the entire African sailing circle, but his unexpected rival appeared - the British-supported St. Martin Chamber of Commerce violently sniped Nuno Santos in western Africa! So he had to retreat step by step, and finally the two sides began a long-term confrontation with the Cape of Good Hope.
In recent years, with Spain making major breakthroughs in the development of the New World, its leadership and control in other waters have also been increasing! In recent times of confrontation with the San Martin Chamber of Commerce, Nuno Santos' power has clearly gained the upper hand! So in his greedy heart, the flames that occupied and led the entire Africa began to lick the dirty and throbbing soul again, making it uneasy for a moment!
His first plan was to build an East Africa that was "pure and free of impurities"! Other chambers of commerce that came here were all bloody by an organization called the "Purple Demon", and eventually had to end up miserably and leave the place. Over time, the East Africa region from the Cape of Good Hope in the south and the north to Mogadishu had almost become the back garden of Nuno Santos, and no one else could be involved.
When I first came here, I was spotted by local eyeliners, so a plan for our Blade Sea began to be brewed and implemented. Fortunately, I had kind thoughts about the child who was playing crocodile and gave him a bounty beyond imagination. He and his father were well aware of the tricks, so I sent me a reminder with gratitude.
I listened to Lucas's statement and was covered in cold sweat. If it weren't for this reminder, I wouldn't have been alert. Even if I saw the strange thing about the bat attacking the camel, I would only think about it in the local special situation and probably wouldn't have thought about it in the direction of someone setting up a plan.
Thank God! It seems that we must not forget our original intention and do more good deeds in the future!
I sat down, and the sunlight shone in through the gaps in the wall, making my face light and dark. After a while, I continued to ask, "What are the plans for this Nuno Santos after that!"
Lucas couldn't answer this question. He was just the captain of a ship and could not participate in the discussion of many major events. Especially when I actually bit back and defeated their Chamber of Commerce's fleet. This was unexpected. Who knows what would happen next?
Lucas was taken down, and he knew very little. Of course, there were nearly twenty battles in the Nuno Santos Chamber of Commerce, and he knew about the situation of the merchant ship. I don’t care much about this, and what I worry more about is the Spanish forces hidden behind Nuno Santos!
Suddenly I regretted a little. If I had not chosen to fight against the enemy just now, but retreated quietly - even if this would have lost a lot of goods, at least I would not have become enemies with the Nuno Santos Chamber of Commerce or the Spanish forces behind him! I was not afraid, but I had something more important to do now. I would go to the Mediterranean and find something more important to me. I had no interest in the East African trade circle at all!
Now that the two sides have begun to confront each other head-on, it is not a problem that I can leave just by saying that! This time I was lucky enough to hear the other party’s plan, and then I performed extremely well on the spot. I relied on the magical operation to meet the enemy’s vanguard, but what should I do next? What should I do next?
I was really confused when I was in a different place. The eyeliner here was far from being spread out. I was like a deaf and blind man. Every step I took was walking across the river! I had to make people feel frightened!
Don’t look for trouble if you have nothing to do, don’t be afraid of trouble if you have something to do. This is the principle I have always adhered to. Since things have come to this point, and I am also forced to face the challenge, it is not my style to just retreat! It is the right way to find a way to solve the problem!
Suddenly, the stone pendant on my chest began to heat up violently for no reason! I almost jumped up because of the scald, and immediately reached out to pull the pendant out! The people next to me were shocked. They saw me staring at the pendant for a long time, and after a long time, they carefully reached out to try it. It was not hot at all?
Strange! What's going on? I was very puzzled and put the pendant in my arms again. At this moment, I seemed to hear someone talking in my ears, like Grandma Yunhu, or Mamahadi, or several other people who had given me hints! Their voices kept muttering: "To the west! To the west! Hurry up and go west!"
This sound made me feel irritated. I wanted to go west! But there was a roadblock in front of me! What should I do? Fly over?
Just as I was so angry that I wanted to pull the pendant off and throw it aside, someone suddenly pushed the door and walked in. I was very anxious. I turned my head and looked, but I was in Malacca where I was a newly harvested dark-skinned man - a "女" who is proficient in several languages.
After the black guy came in, he saluted me and said in a slightly awkward Chinese: "Sir, I just got a message. It was said by the workers at the dock accidentally. It seems to have something to do with you."
I frowned and said, "Oh! What's the news?"
You said respectfully: "A month ago, there was a fleet here. The admiral of the fleet was a woman from the East. Her surname was Li!"
After hearing this, I stood up with a "home" sound, then tried to calm down, slowly sat down, and asked, "What?"
You lowered his head slightly and his voice became much less: "There seems to be an internal strife within Admiral Li's team. It seems that because of serious disagreement, a British man in power under Admiral Li led some fleets to leave first, and Admiral Li immediately chased and killed them. The two went south one after another. As for what happened afterwards, the people here don't know."
South? Alas, it's something that urges me to move forward again! Although Li Huamei and I can't explain clearly now, in the final analysis, it can be considered as having an engagement. If she really has trouble, help her - I mean the last one, it's also a perfect moral!
Chapter completed!